Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-8: Presentation and use of victim impact statement at

sentencing and parole proceedings.

A. Each victim, or members of the immediate family of each

victim or person designated by the victim or by family members of

the victim, may present a written victim impact statement, which may

include religious invocations or references, or may appear

personally at the sentence proceeding and present the statements

orally. Provided, however, if a victim or any member of the

immediate family or person designated by the victim or by family

members of a victim wishes to appear personally, the person shall

have the absolute right to do so. Any victim or any member of the

immediate family or person designated by the victim or by family

members of a victim who appears personally at the formal sentence

proceeding shall not be cross-examined by opposing counsel;

provided, however, such cross-examination shall not be prohibited in

a proceeding before a jury or a judge acting as a finder of fact. A

written victim impact statement introduced at a formal sentence

proceeding shall not be amended by any person other than the author,

nor shall the statement be excluded in whole or in part from the

court record. The court shall allow the victim impact statement to

be read into the record.

B. If a presentence investigation report is prepared, the

person preparing the report shall consult with each victim or

members of the immediate family or a designee of members of the

immediate family if the victim is deceased, incapacitated or

incompetent, and include any victim impact statements in the

presentence investigation report. If the individual to be consulted

cannot be located or declines to cooperate, a notation to that

effect shall be included.

C. The judge shall make available to the parties copies of any

victim impact statements.

D. In any case which is plea bargained, victim impact

statements shall be presented at the time of sentencing or attached

to the district attorney narrative report. In determining the

appropriate sentence, the court shall consider among other factors

any victim impact statements if submitted to the jury, or the judge

in the event a jury was waived.

E. The Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole

Board, in deciding whether to release an individual on parole, shall

consider any victim impact statements submitted to the jury, or the

judge in the event a jury was waived.